What does it take to Celebrate Soundstreams?

2 conductors

1 pianist

1 flutist

2 trumpeters

2 contrabassists

4 cellists

4 violists

4 percussionists

12 violinists

22 singers

24 hours of rehearsal over 5 days in 4 different studios

2 vibraphones

2 five-octave marimbas

An assortment of pots and pans tuned to specific pitches

5 loudspeakers

1 specialized effects rack with computer

100 minutes of music from 8 different composers

(Collected from 4 different publishers and directly from 3 composers)

That’s what it takes!Here’s a shot of the parts for the Arvo Pärt piece Orient and Occident:

And a little surprise when we opened the Schafer score—staging for the strings and vocalists! All of the musicians are intermixed in a circle. This will have the effect of the sound swirling around between the vocalists and strings.